Maternal Healthcare

A LEGACY OF CARE

In September 2023, Connect Global transitioned the Maternity Home in La Ceiba to local leadership — and that was always the goal.

This is the story of what we built together — and why we couldn't be more proud of what remains.

A MATERNAL HEALTHCARE CRISIS

The Problem We Answered

New and Expectant Mothers who were displaced while they waited for beds to open up before delivery, were given no room to recover post delivery.

The Regional Hospital of Atlantida in the city of La Ceiba serves an area of over 700k people. With only 200 beds, the staff serves over 76k patients each year. Around 5500 of these patients are new baby deliveries.

With such a great demand placed on their facilities mothers at times had to endure undignified and unsafe conditions while in recovery and while their newborns were in the NICU

Moms historically were placed outside the maternity wing before and after delivery to save beds for women only during the actual delivery process. Women would sleep on makeshift pallets on the floors or benches that line the open air hallways outside the delivery wing.

This of course is uncomfortable, dangerous, and would leave the moms susceptible to germs, and outdoor afflictions such as Zika, and Malaria.

WHAT CONNECT GLOBAL ACOMPLISHED

During our tenure, over 2,219 mothers from across the northern coast of Honduras, the Bay Islands, and many underserved communities experienced a safe and clean Maternity Home — receiving pre and postnatal care from a knowledgeable and compassionate team that Connect Global built, funded, and led.

The Maternity Home opened on September 11, 2019. Connect Global operated within the home from that day until September 2023, when we made the intentional decision to transition operational responsibility back to the regional Hospital in Atlantida.

That transition was not an ending — it was the goal. We had always believed that sustainable ministry plants roots deep enough to grow without us.

We are proud of every life touched, every mother cared for, and every shift worked by the team we were honored to lead.

“Some problems only exist because no one has stepped up to address the issue.”

— Javier Mendoza

FROM THE BEGINNING THIS MINISTRY WAS PERSONAL

Danielle Mendoza championed this program at every level — advocating for its director's position, supporting the team every step of the way, and pouring herself into the women of La Ceiba over the years we lived and operated in Honduras. She fought for Janeth Montoya to lead as director because she recognized her gifts and wanted to make sure the right person was in the right place. Those investments in women are still paying dividends today.

We were honored to operate a full team of paid mothers who worked in rotating shifts so that someone was always present — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The facility was outfitted with 24 beds, a kitchen, and multi-stall bathroom amenities exclusively for the mothers who needed this specific care. While their newborns received specialized treatment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit down the outdoor corridor, moms had a place to rest, recover, and be loved.

And we never forgot why we were really there. Every interaction was an opportunity to share the love and message of Jesus Christ with mothers at one of the most vulnerable and sacred moments of their lives. That was never an afterthought — it was the heartbeat of everything we did.

Connect Global partnered with the hospital administration, local business owners, local churches, and international supporters to fund and sustain operations. We didn't just write checks — we showed up, built relationships, and modeled a pattern of community-centered giving that the local team has carried forward with excellence.

We invested well over $250,000 across the years of our involvement — through fundraising, direct gifts, and the partnership of generous churches and individuals who believed in what we were building together.

Jorge and Janeth with Doctors in Honduras

Maternity Home Team standing in main room

Mother and Child in Maternity Home in Honduras

smiling mother at the Connect Global Maternity Home in Honduras

newborn clothing at the Connect Global Maternity Home

WHAT WE BUILT WAS MEANT TO LAST

In September 2023, Connect Global made the deliberate decision to step back from direct operations — not because the need had disappeared, but because we had done what we came to do. We had stabilized the ministry. We had established clear paths for outside supporters to give. We had encouraged the local team in La Ceiba to build their own relationships, fundraise locally and internationally, and own the vision as their own.

That is exactly what they have done.

The Maternity Home in La Ceiba, Honduras is still open today. Mothers are still being cared for. The team we implemented and believed in is still showing up — because the community, the churches, and the supporters who came alongside this work didn't stop when we stepped back.

That is what sustainable ministry looks like. And we wouldn't have it any other way.

We are grateful.

LIVING LEGACY

Grateful for every person who gave. Every church that partnered. Every volunteer who served. Every mother who walked through those doors and left with her dignity intact and her newborn in her arms.

Connect Global is no longer directly operating or fundraising for this specific ministry. If you feel called to support the continued work of the Maternity Home in La Ceiba, we encourage you to reach out directly to the team on the ground.

Our work with mothers, families, and communities continues — in Honduras and across the world. If you want to be part of what Connect Global is doing today, we'd love to have you.